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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   Okay, so one time? In band camp? Bill O'Meally  was all, like:   
   > On 2014-09-27 12:40:17 +0000, Lewis said:   
      
   >> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Bill O'Meally  was all, like:   
   >>   
   >>> But when he was able to reincarnate he must have realized it was not   
   destroyed.   
   >>   
   >> Why?   
      
   > Because the greater part of his native strength was put into the Ring.   
   > Who would know the consequences of its destruction more than Sauron   
   > himself? Elrond clearly knew it when he advised Isildur to cast it into   
   > the Fire. Had the Ring been destroyed after his downfall during the   
   > Last Alliance, he would have remained a shadow of malice, unable to   
   > recover. The mere fact that he was able to reincarnate attests to the   
   > fact that the Ring had not been destroyed.   
      
   I don't think anyone *knew* that.   
      
      
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